My Excalibur EX-21 Has Stopped

[Scrappile]

JUST SOMETHING INTERESTING:  Talk about holding screws while you get them started in the place they need to be started.  Here is an old screw driver from my  Dad's old tool box... I used it often when wiring my house.  It has a split blade.  To secure and hold the screw you slide the forward piece back into the handle.  Place the split blade into the slot of the screw and slide the front part forward as it pushes the split blade together, making the blade thicker until it holds and holds the screw..  Works great, however I hardly use a slot type screw anymore.   All are phillips, allen or socket heads anymore.  But this puppy got it's use in the olde days.

 

 

Edited November 25, 2022 by Scrappile

[kmmcrafts]

8 hours ago, BadBob said:

I finally remembered that I had one of those gadgets that you can magnetize a screw drive with. It helped a lot.

Yeah me too, it's call the battery in my car.. LOL.. I done it with the battery for years.. think I learned that one back in middle school..

[John B]

14 hours ago, Scrappile said:

JUST SOMETHING INTERESTING:  Talk about holding screws while you get them started in the place they need to be started.  Here is an old screw driver from my  Dad's old tool box... I used it often when wiring my house.  It has a split blade.  To secure and hold the screw you slide the forward piece back into the handle.  Place the split blade into the slot of the screw and slide the front part forward as it pushes the split blade together, making the blade thicker until it holds and holds the screw..  Works great, however I hardly use a slot type screw anymore.   All are phillips, allen or socket heads anymore.  But this puppy got it's use in the olde days.

 

I have one of those. A life saver at times.